Standard Member

Hi,
I want to be able to send the picture from my Sky+ box to an upstairs tv and was considering purchasing a digisender and receiver. What are peoples experience with them? It is only for an office and tv is 14inch Sony, so picture quality is not vitaly important.
Which ones are best and where is cheapest place to get them from.
Cheers
Marck.

Guest

Yeah, I got one from Argos. Was about £80 and had the IR transmitter too. Worked great, and the knowledge that you can take it back with no quibbles is great.

If you have a wireless network though, check everything all works. I stopped using mine (and got multiroom instead) because my new 54g wireless router caused problems with the video sender. Basically I could not find an appropriate channel on either wireless device (video has 4 channels, and the router has 10+) that didn't cause problems with the Sky picture, or the IR transmitter, or a 11b device, or a 54g device. I have a few wireless devices in the house, but is a bit annoying when they don't work together (and they aren't that cheap).

Standard Member

I have been looking at the Phillips VL1200. around £60 online. You are able to plug this into the Sky+ scart and then the TV scart into the back of the sending unit (if you know what I mean), so you are not loosing a scart out from the Sky+box

Guest

Yeah, it was pretty easy to install. You just have to muck around a little with the channels (you have a choice of 4) and the IR sensors to get it working properly. I had the IR working half the time, but the picture top quality. I thought it was just the box and was going to send it back (my old video sender was rubbish picture, but great IR) when another channel worked perfectly for IR. Would still be using it if it wasn't for the interference with wireless.

Active Member

I had the Argos one a while back and it stopped working, foolishly I threw it out, now I have to buy another. Maplins have one for £30 - does anyone have any personal experience of it to say whether or not it's any good?

What worries me is if it's part of my setup which I'm carefully upgrading then I don't want to introduce a weak link (for example if the scart isn't RGB). Anyway, if anyone knows either way I'd appreciate some info.

Active Member

Right, majorly ****** off. Have just shelled out 60 quid for the Phillips one thinking I'd be buying a quality one. Websites SAY it suppports RGB. Yet as soon as I route anythin throught it, the picture goes to ****. It's not the cables, they are fine.

Anyone have ANY advice before this goes back to the shop??? In the simplest terms, this is a Sky box going into Av1 on the Philips transmitter then out the AV1 out scart to the TV - he presto, crap picture. what the fudge is going on, other than it doesn't support RGB?